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BAKU: Turkish President's Visit To United States Cannot Settle Kurd

TURKISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO UNITED STATES CAN NOT SETTLE KURD WORKER PARTY PROBLEM - TURKISH EXPERT

TREND Information
Jan 10 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 9 January / Trend corr. R.Hafizoglu / The official
visit of Abdulla Gul, the Turkish President, to the United States
is very significant for the Ankara and is a new stage in the
intergovernmental relations,&quot; Arif Keskin, a Turkish political
scientist, said on his telephonic interview to Trend. Mr.Gul has
been on an official visit to the United States, since 6 Jan. Mr.Gul
discussed the development of the bilateral relations with the American
President J.W.Bush, on 8 January.

&quot;Turkey is an ally of America. However, a political stagnation has
been observed between the both countries recently. I am confidence
that the Turkish President's visit will strengthen the bilateral
relations. The reliability is one of the key factors in expansion of
the bilateral relations,&quot; Keskin said.

According to Keslin, the interests of the United States and Turkey
do not coincide on the issues like Iraq, Middle East and Karabakh
policy. &quot;The United States knows that Turkey has a huge power in the
region. The political changes are expected to take place in the region,
in the near future&quot;.

The expert believes that Mr.Gul's visit to the United States cannot
settle the problems like the Kurd Worker Party terrorist functioning,
the so-called Armenian genocide and Karabakh issue. &quot;Even Turkey
manages partially to influence the United States, on the policy
concerning the issues of the so-called Armenian genocide. Turkey cannot
completely change the American policy in the region,&quot; Keskin said.

As the best result, Turkey may weak the popularization of Armenian
lobby directed against Turkey and Azerbaijan in the United States.

&quot;By the so-called Armenian genocide claim, the United States wants
to open the Turkish-Armenian border. In respond, Turkey demanded the
liberation of the Azerbaijani occupied territories,&quot; the political
scientist said.

According to the political scientist, the United States policy on
the Karabakh problem, Armenia and Azerbaijan, differ from the policy
towards Turkey.